In a memo released Friday, Sessions instructed Justice Department lawyers to "charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense." By definition, he added, the most serious offenses "carry the most...

In less than four months, President Barack Obama is due to roll out one of the most ambitious and controversial programs of his presidency: an effort to grant a reprieve from deportation for millions of adult immigrants living in the country illegally.
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When Sen. Robert Menendez stands in a New Jersey courtroom Wednesday to face bribery charges, a lot more than his political future will be riding on the outcome.
For federal prosecutors, the case will be a test of whether they can still make corruption...

As Donald Trump goes for a decisive win in the March 15 Florida primary, voters there will see commercials denouncing him as a fraud.
“America, don't make the same mistake I did with Donald Trump,” says a man in one ad, part of a trio of testimonials...

Searching for a way to curb fatal border shootings, Border Patrol leaders decided in 2008 that their agents needed a new weapon on their belts.
The agency began to supply Tasers, a hand-held device that delivers a paralyzing electric charge, as a way...

Riding a surge of voter discontent, Republicans seized control of the Senate on Tuesday, giving the GOP full command of Congress and promising a contentious final two years of the Obama administration.After months of voter surveys suggested a close battle...

WASHINGTON — President Obama pumped three times more money into media ads than Republican challenger Mitt Romney last month as both candidates dramatically stepped up their spending, racing through as much money as they brought in.
August marked Romney's...